Islamic Army–Al-Qaeda conflict

Islamic Army–Al-Qaeda conflict
	Part of Iraqi Civil War
Date	Summer 2006 – 6 June 2007
Location	Iraq
Result	Ceasefire
Belligerents
Anti-AQI Forces: Islamic Army of Iraq; Ansar al-Sunnah; 1920 Revolution Brigade; Hamas of Iraq;	Mujahideen Shura Council (Iraq) Al-Qaeda in Iraq ; Kurdistan Brigades ; Jaish al-Ta'ifa al-Mansurah ; Katbiyan Ansar al-Tawhid wal Sunnah ; Saray al-Jihad Group ; Al-Ghuraba Brigades ; Al-Ahwal Brigades ; from October 2006:; Islamic State of Iraq
Commanders and leaders
Abu Al-Abed ; Ishmael Jubouri; Abu Abdullah al-Shaf'i; Harith Dhahir Khamis al-Dari †	Abu Ayyub al-Masri; Abu Omar al-Baghdadi
Strength
Islamic Army in Iraq: 10,400 Ansar al-Sunnah: 500–1,000	12,000
Casualties and losses
	in total 300+ deaths

The Islamic Army–Al-Qaeda conflict was part of the Iraqi civil war (2006–2008) and the Iraq War that followed the 2003 invasion of Iraq. The conflict was between Pan-Islamist, Salafi jihadist groups affiliated with Al-Qaeda, and Islamist groups made up of Iraqis which leaned more towards Iraqi nationalism and often disagreed with Al-Qaeda's ambitions.

In early 2007, one of Iraq's main armed groups had confirmed a split with al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI), according to a spokesman for the dissenting organisation. The Islamic Army, however, reached a ceasefire with AQI on 6 June 2007, yet still "refused to sign on to" the Islamic State of Iraq.